Rob Hughes

Finished off when a drunken Gibby Haynes staggered into the studio and babbled a load of nonsense, Ministry's Jesus Built My Hotrod became a big seller and a middle finger to the label

Dark confessionals, catastrophe, death and despair all feed into Opeth’s incredible new album Pale Communion.

"She was very funny. And very naughty too. She taught me quite a lot, to be honest. She was very rude" - Steve Harley

UK pop prog duo Tears For Fears discuss their love of progressive music and how it informed The Tipping Point, their first new studio album for 18 years

On Independence Day 1970, Jimi Hendrix played one of the greatest shows of his career, at the Atlanta International Pop Festival. It was also the end of an era

Before he became a soundtrack king, Vangelis made this cult classic that began as a celebration of late-60s freedom and ended with Salvador Dalí threatening to bomb cathedrals with hippos

With Cheap Trick inching towards their half-century, band guitarist and songwriter Rick Nielsen toasts the past, present and future in his own inimitable style

One of the great British singers and frontmen, Steve Marriott's catalogue with the Small Faces, Humble Pie and beyond is littered with classics

Singer-songwriter Rosalie Cunningham picks her records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals why Stackridge might be better than Genesis

With a new line-up and a new commercial sound, Fleetwood Mac hit new heights of success, while relationships within the band hit new lows thanks to drink, drugs, fights and affairs

It’s still a staple of Deep Purple’s live sets, but the uber-catchy Hush was first a hit for American country-soul singer Billy Joe Royal

Mark Lanegan's best albums marked him out as one of rock’s great voices. Here are the very best, from the Screaming Trees to Queens Of The Stone Age and beyond, via an extraordinary solo career

For lovers of bluesy roots rock, Houndmouth's fourth album Good For You could well be what the title says

With a perfectionist approach and drawing on classic 70s rock for inspiration, The War On Drugs is working out fine

Ministry’s Al Jourgensen has lost none of his fury at the world – and his Moral Hygiene album is a demand for us all to do better

John Lennon was always the radical one in The Beatles, but it wasn’t until the band broke up that his politics exploded. These are his 10 greatest rebel songs

Well-travelled guitarist Bernie Marsden picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, but remains secretive about the worst record he ever made

Most 40th birthday parties end with a sore head, regrettable dancing and uneaten cake. Dave Grohl's bash finished up with him, John Paul Jones and Josh Homme forming a supergroup

Back after burn-out and health issues, My Morning Jacket's first album in six years extols love, tolerance and compassion.

Guitarist, songwriter and producer Steven Van Zandt picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and names the greatest female singer of all time

Everybody's got to start somewhere, and some of our very best bands started slowly. Here's 10 great bands whose debut albums weren't actually great

With Manic Street Preachers having have undergone their fair share of emotional upheaval recently, it’s little wonder new album The Ultra Vivid Lament has its melancholic side